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Actor/comedian Hal Sparks began his professional career in Chicago as a member of the famed Second City Troupe. At 17, he was named the "Funniest Teenager in Chicago" by the Chicago Sun Times.

After a successful run with Second City, Sparks moved to Los Angeles and immediately began performing at numerous comedy clubs including The Improv, The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, The Ice House, as well as at Comic Relief's American Comedy Festival.

From 1999 to 2000, Sparks hosted the Emmy® Award-winning "Talk Soup" on E! Entertainment Television. Sparks recently completed guest-star roles in "Frasier" and "One on One" and appears in the upcoming David Spade film "Dickie Roberts, Former Child Star." He was seen last April in the SHOWTIME Original feature BLEACHER BUMs, adapted form the critically- acclaimed play of the same name.

In addition, Sparks co-starred in the comedy hit "Dude, Where's My Car?" and appeared in the feature film "Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town" with Billy Bob Thornton. Sparks also provided the voices for two animal characters in the 20th Century Fox film "Dr. Dolittle 2." His numerous television appearances include "The Tonight Show," "Larry King Live," "Charlie Rose," "Politically Incorrect," "MTV," "Hollywood Squares," "The View," and "Martial Law."

Sparks also wrote, directed and starred in his own sketch comedy show entitled "Here Comes the Neighborhood" and produced comedy segments for the Disney Channel. On stage, he has performed in such productions as "Equus," "The Elephant Man," and "Brighton Beach Memoirs."

 

From her starring role in "Faraday & Company" in 1973, Sharon Gless has brought her own brand of humor, intelligence and dramatic flair to each of her roles. She is best known for her portrayal of New York Police Detective Christine Cagney on the hit series "Cagney & Lacey" a role that garnered her two Emmys®, a Golden Globe®, and six Emmy® nominations. Following "Cagney & Lacey," Gless re-teamed with the show's executive producer, Barney Rosenzweig, on "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill" for which she was awarded her second Golden Globe® and two more Emmy® nominations. Gless married Rosenzweig in 1991.

In 1994 and 1995, Gless and her television partner, Tyne Daly, joined together to recreate their title roles in a quartet of critically acclaimed and popular "Cagney & Lacey" television movies which they fondly call "The Menopause Years". Other television series in which she starred include "Switch," "House Calls," and the short-lived, but critically lauded Steven Bochco half-hour, "Turnabout." Gless has received much acclaim for dramatic roles in such television movies as "Separated By Murder," "Hard Hat and Legs," "Honor Thy Mother," "Hobson's Choice," "Letting Go," among others, as well as the mini-series, "The Immigrants," "The Last Convertible," "Centennial," and Garson Kanin's "Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara Wars, in which she played Carole Lombard.

Gless' theatrical film credits include a featured role in the suspenseful and thought-provoking film, "The Star Chamber," which starred Michael Douglas. She has recorded several 'Books on Tape' and starred in numerous radio plays, one of which, "'Night, Mother," for the BBC, garnered her the International Sony Award. She has starred twice on stage in London's famed "West End," the first time in 1993 with Bill Paterson, where she created the role of Annie Wilkes in Stephen King's "Misery" at the Criterion Theater, and four years later, opposite Tom Conti, in Neil Simon's "Chapter 2," at the Gielgud Theater.

She recently starred at Chicago's Tony Award-winning playhouse, The Victory Gardens Theater, in Claudia Allen's "Cahoots," as well as several stints, including an evening at Madison Square Garden with the National Company of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues." Gless made her stage debut in Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine" at Stage West in Springfield, Mass.

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Gant was most recently seen on the WB's "Popular" as the eccentric vice principal. His other television work includes guest-starring roles on "Friends," "Caroline in the City," "Veronica's Closet," "Becker," "Melrose Place" and "Ellen." He also appeared in the independent film "The Contract" and in the recently released "Fits and Starts".

Gant began acting in television commercials at the age of ten. At eleven, he found himself doing a soft-shoe routine with Bob Hope as part of his USO tour. Following high school, Gant headed to the University of Pennsylvania and then on to Georgetown Law School. While studying law, he never gave up on his true passion of acting and continued to perform in numerous theatrical productions. He moved to Los Angeles to work in the world's largest law firm. In a twist of fate, four months after his relocation, the Los Angeles office closed. Taking that as an omen, he made the decision to focus all of his time on his acting and has been working ever since.

 

Jack Wetherall is an accomplished veteran actor and director for the stage. He most recently played William Shakespeare in an exciting, well-received new play called "Swansong" at Lucille Lortel's White Barn Theatre in Connecticut and will reprise his role in an upcoming new production of the play directed by Robin Phillips.

Wetherall's acting credits on the New York stage include his portrayal of the title role in Broadway's "The Elephant Man," his role of Mario in the original cast of "Tamara," Warwick in "Henry VI," "Hot Lunch Apostles" at La Mama and recently played Phaedre in "Bad Woman" for The Talking Band at Here. His credits at the renowned Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, during Robin Phillips' artistic direction include the title role in "Henry V," Saturninus in "Titus Andronicus," Konstantin in "The Seagull," Orlando in "As You Like It" (the latter two opposite Dame Maggie Smith), Malcolm in "Macbeth," Octavius in "Julius Caesar," Ned in "Ned and Jack," Demetrius in "Midsummer Night's Dream" and Ferdinand in "The Tempest." He was a two-time Guthrie Award winner for his performances at the Stratford Festival in 1973 and 1977.

His numerous American and Canadian regional theater performances include Oscar Wilde in "Gross Indecency" at the Cincinnati Playhouse; title role in "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the Guthrie Theatre; title role in "Richard II" at the Utah Shakespeare Festival; Orsino in "Twelfth Night" and Captain Absolute in "The Rivals" at the Old Globe Theatre; title role in

"Macbeth" and Berowne in "Love's Labour's Lost" at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival; title role in "Pericles" for Hartford Stage, Orestes in "The Greeks" at the Williamstown Festival; Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" at the Long Wharf Theatre; and Lopakhin in "The Cherry Orchard" for A.C.T. (San Francisco). Wetherall is a two-time DramaLogue winner for his performances as Jack Tanner in "Man and Superman" for A Noise Within, and Dionysus in "The Bacchae," produced at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. Wetherall was a proud member of the original cast of the new musical "Larry's Party" for Toronto's Canadian Stage.

Wetherall directed the Alberta Citadel Theatre's production of "Our Town," "Measure for Measure" at the Center Theatre in Chicago, and "As You Like It" at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York. He has assisted the great director Robin Phillips on many productions including Stratford's Young Company and the Broadway production of "Jekyll and Hyde." Wetherall can also be seen featured in the film "This Time Forever."

 

Miller is perhaps best known for her role as Jane Oliver, which she performed for five seasons on the acclaimed Canadian series "E.N.G." and earned her two Gemini Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Since then, she has performed on many Canadian television series including recurring roles on "Due South," "F/X: The Series," and guest-starring roles on "The Famous Jett Jackson," "The Relic Hunter," "The Newsroom," "Traders, "Twice In A Lifetime" and "Tom Stone."

Miller had a recurring role in the network television series "Prince Street" and has made guest appearances in the series "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" and "Early Edition" and SHOWTIME's ODYSSEY 5. Her feature film credits include "The Virgin Suicides" and "The Stupids." Miller has also appeared in numerous television films, including "The Jacqueline Susann Story," "Harry's Case," and SHOWTIME's STRANGE JUSTICE and LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR.

In 2001 Sherry Miller was honored with a Gemini Award for her performance in a featured supporting role in the dramatic television movie "Lucky Girl." She was nominated in that category again in 2002 for her performance in "A Killing Spring."

Miller lives with her three children in Toronto. In a past life, she was the 'Spumante Bambino Girl' and was a news anchor for several years for Canada's Global Television.

 

 

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Makyla Smith began her career just a few short years ago after spending her lifetime watching her mother, Alison Sealy-Smith, perform. Smith got her first break when she landed the lead role of 'Nellie Lee Love' in the Dear America Series in "The Great Migration" episode. From there Smith scored the recurring role of 'Portia' on the television series "Caitlin's Way."

Smith has also appeared in several television films including "Sex, Lies & Obsession," "The Matthew Shepard Story," starring Stockard Channing and Sam Waterston and SHOWTIME's RED SNEAKERS, directed by Gregory Hines. Smith recently appeared in the upcoming feature film "Owning Mahowny" and as 'Bonni' in the new MTV show "The New Girl" and has lent her voice to several animated series and radio dramas. She recently completed "Homeless to Harvard" for Lifetime Network with Thora Birch and Kelly Lynch.